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7^th Circuit court of Appeals

Case Name: Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Michael R. Pence

Case No.: 16-1509

Officials: POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and SYKES, Circuit Judges

Focus: Immigration

Preliminary injunction preventing blockade to Syrian refugees properly granted

“The governor’s brief asserts “the State’s compelling interest in protecting its residents from the well‐documented threat of terrorists posing as refugees to gain entry into Western countries.” But the brief provides no evidence that Syrian terrorists are posing as refugees or that Syrian refugees have ever committed acts of terrorism in the United States. Indeed, as far as can be determined from public sources, no Syrian refugees have been arrested or prosecuted for terrorist acts or attempts in the United States. And if Syrian refugees do pose a terrorist threat, implementation of the governor’s policy would simply increase the risk of terror‐ ism in whatever states Syrian refugees were shunted to. Federal law does not allow a governor to deport to other states immigrants he deems dangerous; rather he should communicate his fears to the Office of Refugee Resettlement.”

Affirmed

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